I'm going to try this one more time. I'm really really stuck in Union Parish. I am looking for family of William Marion COLE. 1880 census shows him at age 8 living in Union Par., LA, with grandmother Sintha ROBINSON (widow age 59, b. TN). I have found marriage of THOMAS J COLE & JOSEPHINE ROBINSON, in 1868. I found Thomas & Josephine on 1870 census. But after that I can find no trace of the parents. I'm pretty sure the grandfather was James COLE, sawmill engineer. I've found him & family on 1870 census, but, by then Thomas wasn't living at home. My grandfather spoke of the sawmill. I just haven't been able to firmly link James to Thomas J. and Thomas J. to William Marion COLE. Around 1906, as story goes, William Marion Cole & wife Mary Delaney Farley & children left Farmerville with several other families. They had heard of fantastic farm land in Mexico at very low prices, so they chartered a train, loaded all their possessions on it & went to Mexico. The story goes on, but at any rate they all wound up settling in Chickasha, Oklahoma. I wish I could attend the reunion. The Oklahoma City storm has altered our way of life for a while. Hoping someone there recognizes anything in this note. Hope you all have a great time this weekend. Judy Cole